CIT Facts & Benefits

Crisis Intervention Teams are now active in close to 500 urban, suburban, and rural police departments across the country. They are modeled after teams originally developed by the Memphis Police in 1988.

CIT is community-based. As an innovative program, the CIT model encourages communities, families, law enforcement officers, and mental health professionals to work together.

CIT training is tactically sound for the officer safety. CIT training does not discourage the use of lethal force when an officer’s life or the lives of innocent bystanders are in danger. Even the best trained CIT officer may have to use deadly force.